In this video a 9 year old girl deliberately lights a fire in a store and then skips away
This video may be a good addition to your fire prevention library.
Ask a cop: Is there a rivalry between police and firefighters?
Is there a rivalry between police and firefighters.
Vancouver, Washington Fire Department test SUVs for medical calls
The initial review of a pilot project by the Vancouver, Washington Fire Department suggests responding with SUVs rather than engines to low priority calls will keep engines available for priority calls and cost less money. The department spends $1.34 a mile to drive an SUV. It costs $7.47 a mile for an engine.
NIOSH reports on death of fire fighter struck and killed by backing fire apparatus
NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program investigated the line of duty death of a fire fighter struck and killed by backing fire apparatus at a rural brush and structure fire to identify contributing factors and make recommendations.
Spanish company developing drones for wildland firefighting
A Spanish company has developed drones capable of carrying and dispersing a large quantity of liquid at the site of a fire. The unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are launched from transport planes, fly to the location of the fire using the guidance system developed by the company and later return to base.
Bed bug treatments leave homes in flames
Investigators have linked a number of fires to radiant heaters used by exterminators. Last year a 50-unit condominium in Edmonton burned when exterminators used propane fired heaters to bring the temperature in the infested room above 120 degrees. Exterminators say more than an hour and a half of exposure to such high temperatures ensures a 100 percent bed bug kill but fire experts warn heating confined spaces with powerful heaters creates a serious fire hazard.
Fire problems caused by Chinese lanterns
Fire chiefs in the UK call for an “urgent review” into the use of Chinese lanterns. The lanterns have become an increasingly popular sight at weddings, Halloween celebrations, music festivals and even funerals.
Indonesia to use rain-making technology (cloud seeding) to stop fires
Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain to extinguish fires.
Controlling Fires in Space (NASA, International Space Station)
Watch this four minute video on research into fires in space that may lead to a better understanding of the chemistry of fire and technological advances here on earth.
Fire-fighting robot could change the game for fire departments
A research team at Purdue University is developing a fire-fighting robot some say will change the way fire departments perform internal attacks. A spokesperson said, “You can put the robot in places where you would never dream of putting a human being”. For more information watch the video.